Yongkang Yang

I'm a PhD Candidate at Rotterdam School of Management, Eramsus University Rotterdam, with Prof. Daan van Knippenberg as my promotor.

My research explores teams evolve and interact in dynamic context, aiming to identify strategies that help teams overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities to enhance their performance. I deploy longitudinal designs, social network approach, etc. to explore the dynamics in work teams. Additionally, I have interests in prosocial behavior, unethical conduct in the workplace, and the potential impact of generative AI on organizations and business practices.

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News

  • 2025.06  Symposium and PDW presentation at IACMR 2025, Xi'an
  • 2025.05Running Page online
  • 2024.09  Finished 2024 Berlin Marathon, Germany (42.195km)
  • 2024.09  "Differentiated information elaboration" at OB/HRM PhD Seminar, Wuhan University, China
  • 2024.06  Paper presentation at AOM in Chicago
  • 2024.06Personal webiste online
  • 2024.04  2.5 year assessment [PASS]
  • 2024.04  Paper accepted by Career Development Quarterly
  • 2023.08 Symposium presentation at AOM in Boston
  • 2023.06 IACMR conference visit in HK
  • 2022.10 First-year assessment [PASS]
  • 2022.04 FInished 2022 Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands (42.195km)
  • 2021.09 Started my PhD at RSM, Erasmus University
  • 2021.09 Paper accepted by Journal of Happiness Studies
  • 2020.09 First paper accepted by Journal of Business Ethics
  • 2018.04 Finished 2018 Wuhan Marathon, China (42.195km)

Publication

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How and when future orientation shapes weekly career adaptability
Yongkang Yang, Yidong Tu, Shuoli Wang*, Yajun Fan,
The Career Development Quarterly, 2024

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Focusing on the past, present, or future? Why proactive personality increases weekly subjective well-being
Shuoli Wang, Yidong Tu*, Tongtong Zhao, Yongkang Yang
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022

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Treat floating people fairly: How compensation equity and multilevel social exclusion influence prosocial behavior among china’s floating population.
Yidong Tu, Ying Zhang*, Yongkang Yang, Shuoli Wang,
Journal of Business Ethics, 2022

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Paper Under Review

1. Yang, Y., van Knippenberg. D. Nederveen Pieterse, A., Li, J. Title hidden for peer-review. Journal of Organizational Behavior (Under Review).

2. Yang, Y., Duan, M. Yuan, S., Xing, L. Title hidden for peer-review. Journal of Managerial Psychology (1st R&R).

Conference Presentation

1. Yang, Y., Duan, M. Yuan, S.*, Xing, L (2025). Understanding and Mitigating Biases in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems in HRM Tasks. Academy of Management Proceedings. Paper presented at 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

2. Kang. Y, Zhou. L, Song. Y, Nguyen. N, Rink. F, S. Van Der Vegt G, Yang. Y (Organizer), Pieterse. A, van Knippenberg. D, Li. J, Scott. R, Alan. B, R. Hollenbeck. J, Garrett .J, Jacob. D, Reinke. K, Park. S, Crawford. E (2025). Dynamic Team Composition: Bridging Theory and Practice. Academy of Management Proceedings. Symposium presented at 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark.

3. Yang, et al. (2025). The Application of Generative AI in Management: Opportunities and Challenges: Understanding and Mitigating Biases in the Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems in Human Resource Management Tasks.. Symposium presented at 2025 IACMR , Xi'an, China.

4. Huang. Z, Zhang. K, Li. Y, Li. Y, Qu. J, Wang. L, Xue. J, Yang. Y, Zhao. P, Zhu .S (2025). Sharing research pitfalls and experiences: How PhD students can produce innovative research in the age of Artificial Intelligence? . PDW presented at 2025 IACMR , Xi'an, China.

5. Y. Yang., van Knippenberg. D., Pieterse, A., Li, J. (2024) Cross-Culture and Within-Culture Information Elaboration: The Role of Learning Orientation. Academy of Management Proceedings. Paper presented at 84th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

6. Lyubykh, Z., Bajet Mestre, E., Gloor, J., Mercer, D., Scheuer, C.-L., Walsh, M., McNally, C., Arnold, K., Loughlin, C., Chalise, S., Agnihotri, N., Khattab, J., Hentschel, T., Yang, Y., Li, J., Pieterse, A., Alonso, N., Turner, N., & Hideg, I. (2023). Gender equity and diversity in the workplace: The role of allyship and leadership. Academy of Management Proceedings. Symposium presented at 83rd Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

7. Y. Yang., Li, J, van Knippenberg. D., Pieterse, A. (July 2022). How changes in functional background diversity affect transactive memory and team performance. Extended abstract submitted to Development Workshop for Academy of Management Journal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Teaching

2024 Fall, Organizational Behavior Workshop

I organized 30 workshops for over 1500 students.

2023 Spring, Master Thesis Supervision

3 master thesis.

2023 Spring, Bachelor Thesis Supervision

7 bachelor thesis teams with 28 bachelor students.

2022 Fall, Professional Development and Consulting

As an academic coach, I supervised 4 master student teams who worked as consultants to solve real-world Human Resource Challenges for major companies.

Check this out: A Linkedin post from RSM.

Service

  • Member of Academy of Management (2023-Present)
  • Memeber of INGRoup (2025-present)
  • Member of International Association for Chinese Management Research (2018-Present)
  • Reviewer for Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023, 2024,2025
  • Reviewer for Journal of Business Ethics 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Reviewer for Journal of Business Research 2023
  • Reviewer for Journal of Managerial Psychology 2025
  • Reviewer for Frontiers in Psychology 2022
  • Blog

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